Postal souvenir-folder.



No. 849,726. PATENTED APR. 9, 1907.

W. H. GOWEB.

POSTAL SOUVENIR-FOLDER.

APPLIGATION FILED owls, 190s.

UNITED STATES ,IDAfIEIvIIv oEEIoE.

Woon a UNDEEwooD, `or oF NEW JERSEY.

ARLINGTON, NEW JERSEY,- A CORPORATION PosTALwsouvENn-FOLDE-n.

To all` whom if' may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. CowEE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hackensack, in the county of Bergen and State of NewJersey,

Souvenir-Folders. I

My invention relates to postal souvenirfolders; and it consists, as anew article of manufacture, of an integral souvenir-card, letter-Sheet, and envelop combined and arranged so that the letter-sheet may be folded and inclosed, togetherwith the souvenir-card, within the envelop and sealed for mailing.

The' invention' consists of certain novel features, which will be hereinafter described,

l plan letter-sheet when folded and particularly pointed out in the claim at the end of the specification.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which the same reference character indicates the same partin the several views.

Referring to 'the drawings, Figure 1 is a view showing the souvenir-card, lettersheet, and envelop in an open position. Fig. 2f is a perspective view with the letter-sheet portion-ofthe device folded upon itself and also folded over the postal card. Fig. 3 shows the I rear view ofthe device folded ready for mailing. Fig. 4 shows the front or addres'sgsde of the same.

Inproducing my invention a sheet of paper or other suitable material is cut substantially to the form shown by Fig. 1 of the drawings. This produces the letter-sheet A, the postal souvenir-card B, the u per and lower envelop-laps C and D, an the end flap or tab E. The letter-sheet, it is seen, is integral with the souvenir-card, being at one end thereof; but it is separated from the envelop flap D bythe slit or cut 7 and from the other fla C by a portion of the material between belng entirelyv removed, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings.v This letter-sheet is creased along the lines 1 and 2, dividing the sheet into three parts a a a, sothat the parts af a,2 can be readily folded on a, making the substantially the 'same width as the postal souvenir-card'. The blank is creased on the line 3 between the souvenir-card and the portion a of the letter-sheet, so that the letter-sheet when y Specication of Letters Patent. Application led October 15,1806. Serial No. 888,905.

have invented certain` -new and useful Improvements in vPostal -blank is also creased on the lines 5 v Patented April 9, 1907.

l foldedcan -be easily turnedv over la ainst the The blan: is also A souvenir maihng-card. creased on the line 4, so that the tab E can be easily folded Aover the end of the letter-sheet as folded against the souvenir-card, and the and 6, so

that the iiaps of the envelop may be readily foldedv over the letter-sheet.'

The upper Hap C is provided with a tongue c, which fits into a slot d in the flap D. The souvenir, postal card may have a picture printed, palnted, or otherwiseproduced thereon. In fact,` the photogra h or picture may be on a separate sheetw ich may be prasted on the'back of the ostal card. The

ont of the souvenir posta card is to receive the stamp and address, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. y

In use the letter-sheet is used for writing. Then the parts a and a2 are folded on the part a, and as folded the letter-sheet is turned on the line 3 and folded against the souvenir-card, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The end iap'or tab E is then folded over the end a3 of the letter-sheet, which securely holds the letter-sheet down. The envelop- Hap D is then folded up 'over the letter-sheet, covering it and the tab E. The upper flap C of the envelop is folded down and its tongue c is inserted-in the slit d of the lower flap to securel As folded the evice appears as mFig. 3.

In this constructionl have produced a souvenir-card, letter-sheet, and envelop all in one which may be mailed without fear of publicityv or defacement.'

In this construction the souvenir-card may be preserved for collections or albums independentl of the 'letter-sheet and envelop. This is one b tearing ofl' the letter-sheet on the line 3, t 1e envelo flaps,` and the end tabs on the lines 4, 5, an 6.

Having now described my invention, what' I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v In combination, a ostal card adapted to receive on the rear ffice thereof a picture, a letter-sheet having one section thereof detachably connected to one end of the postal card,fthe other portions of the sheet adapted to be folded over the connected part and hold all the parts together.

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the Whole adapted to be folded over the face of the postal card, avdetaehably-eonneeted Hap at the other end of the card to fold over the free end of the letter-#sheet when said letter-sheet is folded over the picture, an eXtension of postal-card dimensions detaehably connected to the lower edge of the ostal card and adapted to fold over the letter-sheet, said extension having a slit therein, a tongue detaohably connected to the ufp er edge of 1o the postal card and adapted to oi) .pose set forth. j i

d over seidf extensionv its' tongue inserted in the groove in seid-'extension as and for the pur- Inj Witness Whereof'I have hereunto set my hand; at the City, county, New York, this 3d day of October, 1906.

WILLIAM H. COWEE. In presence ofy A. B.- STANTON, n

E. H. CLARKE.

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